The day before International Women’s Day a handful of women were inducted onto Victoria’s Honour Roll for Women. Trans activist Sally Goldner was one of them, marking the first trans woman to be honoured.

International Women’s Day champions women around the globe while looking at the prevalence of gender inequality and the issues that need to be tackled. We spoke to a handful of LGBTI women about the unique issues they face.

Melbourne’s LGBTI community came together last Friday to celebrate the hard work undertaken by the community over the past year — from raising awareness around the trans* and gender diverse people to helping gay youth in rural Victoria.